Rhenish pitch accent
E549030
Rhenish pitch accent is a prosodic feature of certain West Central German dialects in which word meaning can depend on distinctive pitch patterns.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
phonological feature
ⓘ
pitch accent system ⓘ prosodic feature ⓘ |
| affects |
lexical semantics
ⓘ
morphology ⓘ word prosody ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Bonn dialect
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Colognian dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Koblenz dialect ⓘ Moselle Franconian dialects ⓘ Ripuarian dialects NERFINISHED ⓘ Trier dialect ⓘ West Central German dialects NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
Standard German prosody
ⓘ
stress-only accent ⓘ |
| distinguishes | homophonous word pairs ⓘ |
| documentedSince | 19th century ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Rheinische Tonakzent
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rheinischer Akzent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDomain | spoken language ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
contour tones
ⓘ
distinctive pitch patterns ⓘ lexically contrastive tone ⓘ minimal pairs distinguished by pitch ⓘ register differences ⓘ two-way pitch contrast ⓘ word meaning depends on pitch ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfContrasts | 2 ⓘ |
| hasRealization |
duration differences
ⓘ
fundamental frequency patterns ⓘ intensity differences ⓘ |
| isPartOf | phonology of West Central German ⓘ |
| languageBranch | West Central German NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | German ⓘ |
| occursIn |
Middle Rhine region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rhineland NERFINISHED ⓘ western Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Japanese pitch accent
ⓘ
Scandinavian pitch accent ⓘ Serbo-Croatian pitch accent ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
German dialectology
ⓘ
intonation research ⓘ prosodic phonology ⓘ |
| superClassOf | Colognian pitch accent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy | native speakers of Rhineland dialects ⓘ |
| usedIn |
adjectives
ⓘ
nouns ⓘ verbs ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.